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Lot 82: Peter Pan Swimwear Counter-Top Advertising Figure

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Start price: £40

Estimated price: £80 - £150

Buyer's Premium: 16%

A painted composite retail advertising display figure for Peter Pan Swimwear. The female figure is modelled wearing a strapless blue one-piece bathing suit and stylized white-framed sunglasses, posed with hands raised to her dark hair. The figure stands on an integral rectangular painted base styled with a sand-coloured upper surface, white wave motifs, and a blue base rim, featuring a raised dark cartouche plaque lettered in script Peter Pan. To the side stands an upright painted wooden signpost bearing a pink sign inscribed in blue Peter Pan REGD. SWIM WEAR. The hollow underside is fitted with a slotted pine mounting block secured to the internal fixture with a wing nut, bearing a light pencil mark.

Height: 21.5 inches.


Condition report:

Structural break with a significant open gap and displacement where the left foot mounts to the base, with separation also visible along the right heel (photo 4 and photo 5). Heavy paint crazing and fine surface cracking throughout both lower legs and ankles (photo 2, photo 4, photo 5). Multiple small paint chips and losses visible to the fingertips and hair (photo 3), the points of the swimsuit bust (photo 3), the upper right arm (photo 3), and the corners and edges of the base (photo 4 and photo 6).